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Human skull cup - used for drinking water
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Object Number 33-71-60/367
Display Title Human skull cup - used for drinking water
Descriptions
Object Description Human skull cup - used for drinking water and for ceremonial perposes in scacred ceremonies
Inventory Description Cup, worked half of human cranium
Classification
  • Cup
  • Shaft, modified
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Tibet
Additional Geographic Terms Kham
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 8.5 x 18 x 13.4 cm (3 3/8 x 7 1/16 x 5 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 33-71/60/367

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